All About Color #FFAA42

#FFAA42

About #FFAA42

#FFAA42 is a light orange color with the hex code #FFAA42. In RGB it is red 255, green 170, blue 66; in HSL it is hue 33°, saturation 100%, lightness 63%; in CMYK it is 0%, 33%, 74%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 1.90:1 on white and 11.08:1 on black.

#FFAA42 Color Conversion

Hex tripletFF, AA, 42
CMYK0.00%, 33.33%, 74.12%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal255, 170, 66
HSL33°, 100%, 63%
RGB Octal377, 252, 102
HSV (HSB)33.02°, 74.12%, 100.00%
RGB Binary11111111, 10101010, 1000010
CIE-L*AB76.32, 22.74, 63.54
RGB Percent100.00%, 66.67%, 25.88%
CIE-L*CH76.32, 67.49, 70.31
XYZ56.60, 50.40, 11.90
CIE-L*UV76.32, 68.49, 65.88
xyY0.48, 0.42, 50.40
Hunter-Lab70.99, 18.06, 39.76
RYB86.46%, 100.00%, 25.88%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FFAA42 on a dark background: contrast 11.08:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#FFAA42 on a light background: contrast 1.90:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #FFAA42, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #FFAA42. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#FFAA42 · #FFD39E · #E67E00 · #4297FF · #9ECAFF

Analogous palette

#FF4297 · #FF4C42 · #FFAA42 · #F6FF42 · #97FF42

Triadic palette

#FFAA42 · #42FFAA · #AA42FF · #FFD39E · #9EFFD3

Tetradic palette

#FFAA42 · #42FF4C · #4297FF · #FF42F6 · #E67E00

Monochromatic palette

#A85D00 · #F58700 · #FFAA42 · #FFCD8F · #FFEFDB

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